Immigration, Nationality and Asylum Law
Module LAW3156 for 2019/0

Undergraduate Module Descriptor

LAW3156: Immigration, Nationality and Asylum Law

This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.

Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:

Immigration as a political, social and regulatory issue
Historical perspectives on UK immigration and nationality law
The legal structure of control
UK nationality law
Entering and living in the UK
European law 1: The European Convention on Human Rights, the Human Rights Act 1998 and immigration control
Temporary migration for visits, work or study
Family migration
Criminality, deportation and detention
Immigration law and vulnerability
European law 2: EU immigration policy, asylum law and free movement law
The Refugee Convention and other forms of protection

This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:

Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	Guided independent study	Placement / study abroad
55	245	0

...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:

Category	Hours of study time	Description
Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities	46	23 X 2 hour lectures
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activity	9	6 x 1.5 hour workshops student-led individual and group work, with guidance and intervention from a tutor
Guided independent study	145	Lecture and workshop preparation, to include advance reading and preparation of questions and activities
Guided independent study	100	Revision and assessment preparation

This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).